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Westinghouse Electric Company, China State Nuclear Power Technology
Corporation (SNPTC) announced today that the world’s first AP1000
nuclear power plant located in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, China has
successfully completed initial criticality.

“Today we completed the final major milestone before commercial
operation for Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear power plant technology,”
said José Emeterio Gutiérrez, Westinghouse president and chief executive
officer. “We are one step closer to delivering the world’s first AP1000
plant to our customer and the world – with our customers, we will
provide our customers in China with safe, reliable and clean energy from
Sanmen 1.”

Following initial criticality will be connection to the electrical grid.
Once plant operations begin at Sanmen 1, it will be the first AP1000
nuclear power plant in operation, offering innovative passive safety
system technology, multiple layers of defense and advanced controls for
unequaled reliability and safety.

Commenting on Westinghouse’s strong partnership with the China customer,
Gavin Liu, president – Asia Region stated, “Westinghouse’s success in
China is the joint effort between Westinghouse and our China customers.”
He added, “This partnership and cooperation model can help to deploy a
fleet of AP1000 units in the world for many years to come.”

Westinghouse currently has six AP1000 nuclear power plants progressing
through construction, testing and start-up. These projects include two
units in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, China, two units in Haiyang,
Shandong Province, China, as well as two units under construction at the
Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Georgia, USA.